Audio by Rabbi Avrohom Zucker

What is meant by `must drink out of his pot`? Even if she is lame, even if she is blind and even if she is afflicted with boils [He may not dismiss her]. If, however, she was found to have committed an immoral act or was unfit to marry an Israelite he may not continue to live with her, for it is said in Scripture, and unto him she shall be for a wife, [implying] a wife that is fit `unto him

 כתובות 3.5 
כיצד הוא שותה בעציצו-- אפילו היא חיגרת, אפילו היא סומה, אפילו היא מוכת שחין׃ נמצא בה דבר זימה, או שאינה ראויה לבוא בישראל-- אינו רשאי לקיימה׃ שנאמר ''ולו תהיה לאישה''  (דברים כב,כט) , אישה שהיא ראויה לו

If an orphan was betrothed and then divorced, any man who violates her, said R. Eleazar, is liable [to pay the statutory fine] but the man who seduces her is exempt.

כתובות 3.6 
יתומה שנתארסה ונתגרשה-- רבי אלעזר אומר, האונס חייב, והמפתה פטור

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